Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-30
FURNITURE FACTORY.
Another Big Enterprise Booked
for the Booming Metropolis.
The Kansas Furniture Company to
Put in Factory in Short Time
to Give Employment to
Large Number Of
Hands.

And now the lnIOrmaUIon ID Soihs Cne
rounds that Wichita is soon to be introduced
to new enterprise which will be OF dimen-
sions equal if not greater than anything that
has yet located in the city. Its the style OF
the average Wichita man to keep cool and
never be surprised at anything. Having
been accustomed to high business pressure
nd each day expecting to find something OF
importance develop, he is fully prepared to
hear, without holding his breath, OF some
great enterprise booked for operation in the
near future in the city The only thing that
possibly could cause the slightest discom
posure would be to wake up some morning
a nd find that no new scheme had developed
and that the business part OF the city had
I not been augmented by any new enterprises
Some weeks ago Mr.. S. W. Pearce of the
Kansas Furniture company. bought some
lots near the corner OF Mead avenue and
Gilbert street. He made the deal without
the assistance of any agent, and to throw on
suspicion had the property decided to himself
The use to which the lots are to be placed
gradually found its way among some Of the
business men of the city, and it is to the eff
feet that Wichita is to have a furniture fac
tory before many months.
Mr.. Pe&rce was questioned about the en-
terprise and seemed to be very much sur
prised to find out that so much had found it,
way to the public Like most thorough
business men he did not enjoy the fact that a
newspaper fiend had shifted the news.
and was on hand, too, with sharpened
pencil to paint either look or word.
He seemed to think the public would not be
very much interested in knowing of furni-
ture factory going to be started in Wichita
and intimated that it would be ink, paper
and work lost to attempt to inform them OF
the state of affairs.
AS to the time the company would start
a factory he did not state, but the matter
was under discussion and if matters worked
as was expected the factory would in due
time be numbered among the industries OF
Wichita.
Probably work will soon commence on
buildings on some of the lots already secured.
They will be of brick and suited to ware,
houses and factor. The company at pres
ent is in need of more room for storage and
that will be provided for near the factory
which will serve for room for the goods Of
the factory.
Mr.. Pearce has spent his life in the furni
ture business at Steubenville, Ohio. Hi
father owned large mandatory there, IL
| which he was raised He knows all about
| the vari Gus kinds of work and every feature
of the business.
The fact that Steubenville offers very pool
shipping facilities caused him to come to thi
city a few months ago for the purpose O
| looking over the inducements for starting il
| the furniture business. He was favorablN
impressed, and as a result located in tn,
retail business.
| Mr.. Pearce's factory at Steubenville is nov
running, giving employment to about 4
hands. 1t is the intention to move tn
plant to this city and it is believed that tn
facilities offered by the city will support
plant much larger than the one at Steuben
vile. The experience Of the company in tn
booming metropolis has been more thai
satisfactory. While feeling confident of
good business, like most men who locate il
business in Wichita, the expectations wer
much less than realty. 1t is probable tina
the company will engage in the wholesal
business as well as retail when they get thei
factory in operation.